Gatwick

Gatwick has never been a joy but after this summers 'improvements' it makes Heathrow seem good. Every change is a disaster:

• new lifts at arrivals take you further from departures than if you had walked up the slope
• the new automated boarding pass entry requires multiple passes before responding to baffled passengers & will be chaotic in high season
• airside entry forces passengers through meandering shops where most things can be bought cheaper in a supermarket
• some toilets are hidden down a 150 yard corridor with no hot water & hand driers blasting icy cold air
• the Pret coffee shop blares hideous music at 3.30am driving customers to take their coffee out to the worn & ripped blue seats outside the pub
• And all in a modern WiFi free desert

How come so many modern designers are useless? I suppose its just that the only criteria is how to make money out of ‘punters’

Thank God for the growing network of high speed international rail options.